Safety-catch for gun-locks



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A. T. BROWN 8u W. L. SMITH.

SAFETY CATCH FOR GUN LOCKS.

N0. 350,109. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

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A. T. BROWN 8v W. L. SMITH.

SAFETY CATCH POB. GUN LOOKS.

No. 350,109. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

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UNTTETT STATES PATENT @einem ALEXANDER T. llRO\\'N AND VILBERT L. SHITH, OF SYRACUSE, fllHV YORK.

.\pplie;1iion filed )lay 26. i886.

.70 (UZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that we, A Lnxaxnnn T. BnowN and Witnnn'r L. Snrrn, both residing atSyracase, in the county ot' Onondaga and State ot' New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Catches tor (lun-Locks,ofwhich the followingisaspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

rlhis invention relates especiallyv to the safety device ot" the lock mechanism ot' coneealedhammer guns, especially breakdown guns, and is applicable to either single, double, or three barreled guns.

The invention consists in certain improvementsin the construction ot' the safety locking mechanism connected with the gun-lock of a breakdown gun, substantially as hereinafter claimed.

' under the tang` and parallel therewith.

Figure 'l is a side elevation ot' the breech portion ot' a double gun with lock and stock removed and parts ot' the tang broken ontaud with top lever at rest and triggers unlocked ready for tiring, Fig. 2, a like view of same parts with top lever thrown around to operate the action and tlietriggers locked at sal'ety Fig. 8, a like view of same parts with triggers set to operate independently in tiring; Fig. 4, a top plan ol' part otl breeelr-bloek, tang, top lever, and indicator; Fig. 5, a bottom plan view ot' parts shown in Fig. ll; Fig. 6, a vertical section on line X X, Fig.

A indicates the breech-piece or recoil-shield attaehed to the t'rameoi' thegun. The forward trame, 1. is reeessed t'or the lock at 3. The tang 2 extends backward from the breech-piece as usual, and carries'the top lever, 4, eonneeted to the action-post 5. The trigger-plate 6 is held bythe main serew T, andbears the trigger 8, all these parts being ot" usual eonstruetion, with exceptions hereinatter noted.

Near thetop ol` aetiolrpostthere is ashonlder or arm, 9, havinga t'aeewhiehbears against the slide-bar 26, which bar extends baekward ln the under part ot' the tang` are two reeesses, 10 and 11. Back. of these recesses there is a slot, 12, and notches 13 are made in the lower tace ot' the tang stillin rear ot this slot. A sliding plate, 15, on top ot' the tang has astud, 16, eX- tending through the slot 12.

This stud bears g part o Letters Patent No. 350,109, dated October 5, 1886.

Serial No. 203.225. (No model.)

a eoiled spring,y 17, held in place by a pin passing tlnfough the stud. The stud 16 passes loosely through a hole in sliding salet v-bai.' 20 under the tang, and this bar vis held up by the spring 17, the rearendot' thebar beingturned np at 25, and lorming a tooth or pawl, whieh engages the notehes or rae'k 18 in the tang.

The triggers 8 have eaeh a slot, 14, eut in or through them, and a rod, 28, has pins 29, which enter said slots. llhe Vupper end ol' rod 28 enters a moi-lise, 21, in the sliding bar 20.

The safety-bar 2O is guided so as to move longitudinally ol' the tang by pin 23 entering slot 22 in said bar, and` its front end, when in its torward position, vis in thc line ot' movement ot' sliding bar 26. rlhe front end ot' the salet'vbar 20 and the rear end ot' slide-bar 26 may be turned out ot' the line ot' prolongation ot'their respeetivebodies, so as to bein line t'orengagement. (See Figs. 1 and 5.)

The pieee has a knob, 1t), and an open slot, 1 8, above the tang. (See Fig. l.) lhe tang bears the word sale, orsome other indicating deviee, whieh shows through the slot 18 when the pieee l5 is in itsintermediate po sition, but is eovered when the slide is pressed either to t'ront or rear.

As shown in Fig. 1, the triggers are in nnlocked position. A pull on the trigger raises bar 28, so that its upper end enters reeess 10 in the tang. The movement ot' lever 4 ,in nnlocking the breech causes shoulder 9 on the action-'post 5 to press back the slide-bar 26, and this inV turn n.esseS baek the safety-13111720 and carries the top of bar 28 into positionbetween the recesses 10 and 1l. in the tang, as in F ig. 2, so that the triggers cannot be raised by pulling. The indicator now shows the word safe tlnfonghslot 18. This position el the satetv-bar 20 is as tar to the rear as the move- .mentj otslide 26 extends, and the engagement ot' tooth 25 with raek 18 holds the safety-bar in this position.

Then it is desired to throw the sal'ety ap paratus ont otI engagement with and free it from the eontrol ot' the lever apparatus, the bar 2t) is drawn (by button 19) still farther back, and the top ot' rod 28 is then under recess 11. rllhe trigger mayv then be pulled with` out hinderance from said rod, and the safetyslide will be held bythe tooth engaging the IOO rack in the tang. rlhus the sat'ety-eateh ma)v be thrown into or out of engagement wit-h the barrel-looking eateh or lever, and may be operated either by said. .lever or b v hand, or may be left (in rear-most position.) entirely inoper ative.

Thelork bar or rod 2S ma)- be slottedv to straddle the triggers, it.' desired.

XVe are aware that operating mnneetions from the breeeh-loeking meehanism to the sat'etywateh ot' a breakdown gun are not broadl)r new; also, that a lever, eonneeted with a trigger-locking device arranged to (foueeal an index on the trame has beforebeen described. y

V'Ve elaim- 1. The eombination ot" the tang having two recesses therein, a safety sliding bar beneath said tang, a looking-bar extending up tromthe trigger Ythrough said slide-bar into position to be shiftedinto line with either .recess in the tan g, anda sli de-bar extending i'roin th e breechoperating mechanism into position to shift the locking position from beneath one ot' the tangreeesses, but not from the other, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a breakdown gun, ot' the trigger-locking mechanism, the Conner'- tion from the ln'eeeh-loek lng lever in line therewith, but not attached thereto, and a slide on the trame Controlling thetrigger-locking mech anism, said slide having a locked position to the rear oli' the position where it is engaged by the breeeli-loeking mechanism, hereby the trigger-locking mechanism may be controlled or thrown out of the Control of the breechloeling mechanism, substantially as deseri bed.

3. The combination, in a gun-1oek, ot' a trigger-locking rod extendi ug upward from the lock mechanism and having itsnpper endj ust beneath the tang, a slide beneath the tang embracing the top of said rod, a slide or button on top of the tang ('onneetedto saidinner slide and having a slot therein, and the tang having two recesses and an abutment on its lower tace in line with the different positions of theloeking-rod, and having an index on its upper snr face which is visible through the perforation in the sliding button in one position, but is covered in other positions of said slide, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we at'tlx our signatures in presence of' two witnesses.

kALEXAN DER T. B l{-O\\"N.

TILRRT L. SMTH.

Witnesses:

(i. XV. Siu'ru', L; 1. Smrii. 

